K-Social-Studies-Sept

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Grade: Kindergarten

Month: September

Main Concept

  1. Myself and Others
  2. My School and School Community





Guiding Questions

  1. Myself and Others
  • How am I special?
  • How are we alike/different?
  • What do I look like?

2. My School and School Community
  • What is a school?
  • Who works in my school?
  • What are the rules in my school?





Theme/Content Skills

  • Identity
  • Change
  • Culture

  1. Myself and Others
  • My physical self includes gender, ethnicity and languages.
  • Each person has needs, wants, talents and abilities.
  • Each person has likes and dislikes.
  • People are alike and different in many ways.
  • All people need others.
  • All people need to learn and learn in different ways.
  • People change over time.
  • People use folktales, legends, music and oral histories to teach values, ideas and traditions.

2. My School and School Community
  • What is a school?







Key Terms

  • Talents
  • Unique
  • School
  • Rules




Holidays

  • Grandparent's Day



Student Outcomes


  • Students will identify own physical attributes.
  • Students will identify own likes and dislikes.
  • Students will understand myself and others.
  • Students will identify similiarities and differences amongst peers.
  • Students will identify places in school and school rules.





Assessment/Project

-Map of School - Checklist

  • Myself Booklet - Include name, gender, likes, dislikes, physical characteristics...
  • I Can Chart - Understand Abilities/Talents
  • Self Portrait and Pictures - Show similiarities and differences
  • Classroom Rules - Create as a class and sign
  • Map of School - Checklist (Go on tour of school)






Resources for Students

-School
-All Kinds of Faces (Level A)
-I Can (Level A)
-My Body (Level A)
-My Face (Level A)
-My Hair (Level A)
-My Room (Level A)
-What I Like (Level A)
-It is School Time (Level B)
-You and I (Level B)





Resources for Teachers

  • Harcourt Horizons - All About Me - Teacher's Edition
-Unit 1 - School Time - All Lessons
-Unit 2 - Follow the Rules - Lesson 1 - School Rules





Field Trip Suggestions

*None for this unit